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ひしめき Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
clamour ; jostling crowd ; bustle
usually written using kana alone
Describes a noisy, crowded situation where many people or things are packed together and moving restlessly. Often used with する to mean 'to clamour' or 'to jostle'.
駅えき 前まえ の ひしめき で 身み 動うご き でき なかっ た 。
I could not move because of the jostling crowd in front of the station.
Written forms ひしめき Usage 88%
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 犇めき is rare and may not be recognized by many readers.
犇ひし めき Usage 13%
Rare kanji spelling; the character 犇 is not included in the Jōyō kanji list.
Similar words 混こん 雑ざつ 混雑 is a more general term for congestion or crowding, while ひしめき emphasizes the noisy, jostling movement of a dense crowd.
ざわめき ざわめき refers to a murmuring or buzzing noise from a crowd, whereas ひしめき includes both the noise and the physical jostling.
Etymology Derived from the verb ひしめく (to clamour, to jostle). The kanji 犇 is a rare character composed of three 牛 (cow) radicals, suggesting a herd-like crowding, but the word is almost always written in kana.
